When: Monday, February 10th (alternative date 2/12)

Where: Wachtmastier Field Station located on County Rt. 27 in Canton, NY

Time: 4:30 pm-5:30 (Guided Walk& Talk on Kip Trail) 5:40-6:30 pm (Presentation at Field Station)

Register: CLICK HERE  or copy URL into browser https://forms.gle/wgenCuAzt1vgCKXi9

Details: Meet at the Wachmeister Field Station at 4:30 pm and carpool to the Kip Trail Head on Pike Road in Canton. The optional talk will start shortly after 5:30pm at the Field Station.

Description: Join local conservationists for a guided walk and talk to learn how you can help protect hemlock trees from an invasive forest pest called hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA).  Participants will attend a guided hike to learn how to search for signs of HWA and report observations using a mobile app followed by an indoor session with more information about conservation efforts to protect Eastern Hemlock to be held at the Wachtmeister Field Station. Visitors are welcome to attend both sessions or just one.

This program is presented by SLELO PRISM, NYS Hemlock Initiative, Nature Up North, and St. Lawrence University. 

Event organizers prefer that you register for the event and create a free iMapInvasives user account and download their mobile app prior to the event. 

Before attending the hike please follow the below steps to set up a free iMapInvasives user account.

• Visit https://imapinvasives.natureserve.org/imap/login.jsp and make a free iMap account (instructions if needed) Do this even if you do not have a smartphone as you can use paper survey forms and upload observations via the desktop version

If you have a mobile device, follow these additional steps:

• Download the iMapInvasives mobile app in the google play or the app store onto your mobile device
• Visit your email and find the iMapInvasive user account confirmation email and open it to confirm your account
• Sign onto the IMapInvasives mobile app using your credentials you made on the iMap website
• We will show you how to use the mobile app at the training here is a guide for reference
• For those using the online version here are instructions and SLELO PRISM hosts trainings on how to use the iMap desktop version in the spring and there are other trainings available at  https://www.nyimapinvasives.org/upcoming-trainings